[The Man From Brodney’s by George Barr McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Man From Brodney’s CHAPTER VI 21/23
They were extraordinarily faithful." "I don't see it that way, leaving us like this.
What's to become of the place? Can't I get an injunction, or whatever you call it ?" "What _are_ we to do ?" wailed Lady Agnes, sitting down suddenly upon the edge of a fountain. "You see, my lady, they take the position that you have no right here," volunteered Bowles. "How absurd! I am heir to every foot of this island--" "They are very foolish about it I'm sure.
They've got the ridiculous idea into their noddles that you can't be the heiress unless Lord Deppingham passes away inside of a year, and--" "I'm damned if I do!" roared the perspiring obstacle.
"I'm not so obliging as that, let me tell you.
If it comes to that, what sort of an ass do they think I'd be to come away out here to pass away? London's good enough for any man to die in." "You are not going to die, Deppy," said his wife consolingly.
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